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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Bringing Out the Dead.

NANAIMo. b. c., May 1G.-The bodies
of IL more victims have been brought
up out Of the mine; six white men and
eleven Cinnamon. One yet to be found
The bodies are all badly burned. Work
in the south shaft to be resumed today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Wont Trust RoulanRer.

BERLIN, May 16.-Gen. Boulanger's
plan for the experimental mobilization
OF the French army next October Ia dis
trusted here. Ii France mobilizes, then
Germany will mobilize also.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

Is offered, in good faith, by the manufacturers
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy for a case of
| catarrh which they cannot cure. IL is mild,
| soothing aud healing in its effects, and cures
"cold in the head" catarrhal deafness, throat
ailments, and many other complications of
this distressing disease. so cents by druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

CGNsTANTINoPLE, May 16.-Sbolkahi
Abou Houda has been exiled from Tur-
key for conspiracy to dethrone the sui
tan. He was for long time an Inii-
mate adviser of the sultan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Weather Prognostics.

WASHINGTON, May H.-Indioations for
Texas: Threatening weather with local
rains, nearly stationary; temperature
light; variable winds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Our Motto Is

"Acouratio ct Puritss." Rsgland &
Kennedy, pharmacists. No. 8 East Com
merce street. 5-3-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Their Msiesties on a Tramp.

ST. PETERSBURG, May l6.-The czar
and czarina started this morning for
Navo-Tcherkask, the capital OF Don
Cassock country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

JUDGE MADDEN, OF the Memphis taxing
district, does not get on smoothly with
the authorities OF the county. Ii Is not
long since the president was quite Sc
verely handled by the judge Of the Grim
inRl court for that county for not having
due regard to the dignity of that court
in the discharge Of his duties as mayor
Virtually and also in his handling OF
prisoners as recorder. Now the grand
jury have indicted him for felony ana
malfessance in office, and Memphis will
have nearly as great sensation as when
the Goodwin murder trial stirred up the
aristOcracy of the city. MADDEN is a
man of cool judgment, great will power,
no end Of nerve and has done great
things for Memphis. The trial will be
one of the famous Issues at law, to be ao-
cepted rs historic and referred to for
generations to come by the oldest in
habitant.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
Coming Home With the Dead.

NEW YORK, May l6.-Stesmer Arizona
arrived this morning. She had on board
the remains OF Vicar General Quinn,
who died while on visit abroad.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

Horse, phaeton, harness, etc., CON-
plete and first-class family rig. Owner
leaving city. Particulars at LIGHT office.
h-11.2t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
b. Smith q Son,

Who are strictly first-class merchant
tailors, are now receiving fine line OF
spring and summer suitings OF German,
English. Scotch and French goods. Our
prices are sway down. Satisfaction
and lit guaranteed. Call on them and
price their goods before purchasing else
where. b. SMITH & Son,
l2-9-tf No. "A West Commerce st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

One good, healthy wet nurse, also q
good house servant at Ala West HOus-
ton street. 5l4-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

NEW YORK saIoon-keepers not only
lock and paddock their doors on Sunday,
they draw up their curtains and give
full view of the hollow mOckery
OF the interior-where there are
bottles, bottles everywhere, but
not drop to drink. The more
rigid the enforce ment, the sooner will
the blockade be raised,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Associated Press Dispatches and Speci-
als Up to the Hour of Going to Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16
The Excelsior safety Burner.

The Excelsior Safety Burner.
Brilliancy and economy combined.
Beautiful gas light at your own fire
sides, discarding kerosene oil, lamp
chimneys and shades; can be handled
with perfect safety by child eight or
ten years OF age; costs much less than
kerosene and gives double the light.
The price OF the Excelsior safety burner
is rs cents. For sale at Il Soledad
street. slim
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

Wanted A second cook at Mahncke
hotel. loft
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

A number OF sharpshooters out in the
country for rifle practice purchased a
washtub, for target, from farmer.
They paid a good price for it, and after
shooting until weary and out Of ANN u
milton, went away and left the tub in
tact. The farmer secured 1t for the
next party Of crack shots who might
come along.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-16

The democracy are feeling the force
of the conviction slowly creeping
through their hair, that they cannot
champion free trade and retain the sup
port OF all their ablest and most influen-
tial men. To champion free trade means
to champion a division of the solid south
also. What will the harvest be?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
GIBRALTER ROCK.
The Most Important and Strongest Fort
ress In the World.

The Most Important and Strongest Fort
ress In the World.
Though Gibraltar has not been sub
jected to the attacks of vessels Of war
of the present day, still it has with
stood siege before which no other
fortress in the world could have held
out Since that famous siege of the
last century every thing has been done
to make the place, humanity speaking,
impregnablc.
That this has been accomplished
even a cursory glance suffices to show,
and Jack will tell his messmates on
some foreign station that the bloody
slime ULCERS at the crock" add a
gun for every new year, and now they
have 1887 guns in position.
The rock" itself is not more than
seven miles in circumference, and its
elevation above the sea at the high
est point does not exceed i, 400 feet.
The town is situated on the western
slope, for on all sides the ascent is very
precipitous The isthmus which
connects Gibraltar with the main
land is little more than a mile wide.
and it is on this isthmus that
the famous neutral ground is marked
off by the two parallel rows of English
and Spanish sentry boxes. Apart from
the position of the crock" it is greatly
strengthened by the presence of re-
markable natural caverns with which
it is perforated. These caverns are all
difficult of access. The largest, st.
Michaels, has hall hung with stalac-
tites reaching from roof to floor. Its
entrance is 1000 feet above the level
of the sea, and is connected with other
caverns beneath it of unknown depth.
No doubt the presence of these natural
caverns suggested the idea to the Brit
ish of excavating and tunneling the
crock" A system of galleries have
been cut facing the harbor and neutral
ground at an enormous expense. Much
of this work was carried on by prison.
ers. At intervals of twelve yards ports
have been cut for guns, and some Of the
ordnance mounted is of very heavy
caliber. The galleries are tunneled in
tiers, and several extend to distance
Of two or three miles, being wide
enough to admit of the .ox-carts of the
fort. On the western slope there are
many level spots, but the ''hats" of
Gibraltar are near the top of the
rock" 1t is here that the infantry is
drilled and exercised. The garrison
consists of nearly five thousand men,
and it has always been the custom at
the Horse Guards" in London, to
send out great many Highlanders
to Gibraltar. though they do not COM
pose the whole force. This garrison is
one of the hardest drilled in the British
service. and the men are usually the
pick of the army. The feeling Of Iride
will allow only the flower of the Brit
ish troops to hold Gibraltar. Report
has it that General Grant considered
this garrison the finest body of men of
any he saw during his tour ''around
tho world. Cor San Fie0eisco
Ckyonicte
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
WHY SHE WORE A SHAWL.
An Interesting Secret Given Away by a Bit
Girls Little brother,

An Interesting Secret Given Away by a Big
Girls Little Brother.
About week ago some New York
young ladies got up party to go on a
moonlight excursion up the Hudson
river The night finally arrived, and
the moon flooded field and river with
a glow of pearly richness. When the
party was ready to leave the house
which had been appointed as the rem
devious. it was noticed that one of the
most charming young ladies of the
coterie had shawl on.
whats the matter, Lucy?' inquired
one young lady; care you afraid of TAX
ing cold?'
mo, no." she replied.
perhaps you are troubled with ma
laria?" suggested a young man who
was struggling to direct all his vitality
into a moustache.
81 never had malaria" replied the
pretty creature with smile.
1.-THE thermometer is up at Sc. You'll
roast if you wear that shawl"
I'm willing to roast" she said,
rather pettishly.
don't you know why she wears that
shawlp" laughed her little brother, as
he wiped some taffy off his mouth with
his jacket-sleeve.
"You keep still, you John Henry'
screamed the dear angel, as she turned
triie red.
The boy got out of reach and yelled;
an tell you why she wears that shawl.
When she gets on the river Bob puts
his arm under it and-hugs her. and no.
body can see through the gamer
Then there was a scene. John Henry
was driven summarily to bed and the
party started for the scene of the fes-
tivity.-1eras Stttings.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
A PEDDLER'S TRICK.
Influence of Ignorant Twaddle Upon I
Average Human Being.

Influence of Ignorant Twaddle Upon the
Average Human Being.
1t is to be feared that the commercial
morality of the country hawker is not
yet above suspicion These men are
determined by hook or by crook to dis
pose Of their wares, and they are mas
tiers Of the arts of cajolery and ,fn,esse
Scores of entertaining and authentic
anecdotes might be given to bear out
this statement. We subjoin few: A
vendor of cheap spectacles called on an
ancient maiden lady and displayed his
glittering stock. The lady remarked
that she had recently purchased pair
in a neighboring town. 'Do they suit
you. a'amP'' Eyes, l think So"
"It's serious thing to have spectacles
that don't suit; very harmful, very.
I've travelled for years with
glasses Of all descriptions, and
I've known a lot of mischief done
by glasses bought permiscus like. They
don't mind a bit what they sell over
counters, not they; they never look to
see the customer again, likely. Now.
I'm on this round regular, an it stands
to reason as have to be wonderful
careful. Might I have a glance at these
spectacles. ma lamp Impressed by the
tone of respectful sympathy, the lady
fetched them, and the hawker, with an
assumption of much knowledge, turned
them round and round and tested both
glasses and frames. His verdict soon
came: I'm sorry, real sorry for We,
ma'am; ye've been deceived. These
spectacles are really dangerous; blue
steel frames O. this pattern and temper
II be sure to injure the temples" He
began to gather up his pack. Then
what do you recommend" swell,
ma am. It's sacrifice; but, to oblige
We, I'll exchange a pair for these, if We
please; you'll be safe them" With
little more persuasion the bargain was
effected. A week later the lady re-
appeared at the shop from whence had
come the discarded pair of glasses.
The new ones had proved utterly use
less. She had to return, considerably
poorer in pocket, if richer in experience.
to those certain, in the hawker's words,
ito injure her temples. - Casselrs
Fdnliiu MAGAZINE.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t Is better to be nobly remembered
than nobly born.--Ruskin.
Mrs. Binks remarks that her hus-
band is always so tight that he is pos
itively waterproof.
The official whose business 1t is to
look into the affairs of the nation is
very properly called pry minister.
The $500 fan of the Queen Of Italy
does not raise any more wind than
palm-leaf article 1.-TWO for five cents.
Every smart man takes his turn at
actin de fool. De shorest-footed hoss
in de worl' stumbles sometimes. ar
kansas Traveller
-"You look" said an Irishman to a
pale, haggard smoker, .as if you had
got out of your grave to light your
cigar, and couldn't find your way back
again"
Kansas City Mani suppose you've
never been in Kansas City, have youp
Omaha Mani was there last week.
last week! Oh, but you ought to see
it now!'-O Omaha World.
A Connecticut paper speaks OF
man Choking on with baited breath. >
Some men bait with cloves, and some
with orange-peel. Why didn't the
paper give its readers fuller particu-
lars?
If you want knowledge, you must
toll for it; if food, you must toll for
it; and if pleasure, you must toll for it.
Toll is the law. Pleasure comes through
toll, and not by self-indulgence and in
dolence When one gets to love work,
his life is happy one.-Ruskin.
They tell in Philadelphia of small
boy whose governess one day, out of
patience with his mischevousness,
caught him by the arm, saying: Harry,
| believe the Old Nick has hold of you.
Quick as flash. the youngster an
swered: "Yes, but only with one
hand" e
-Bascomb Gust returned from Aus
tralia) We'll, sir, what would you say
if told you had seen snake out
there that measures forty feet in circum-
ference and ninety-three feet in length?
Darnley-I should say-er-that Aus
tralia does not produce good whisky. =
Judge.
The habit of faltering and distin-
gushing and concealing, and putting
| forward the edge of the truth instead
of showing boldly the full face of it. at
last leads men into an insincerity SO
habitual that they really do not know
whether they speak the truth or not. =
Cardinal Manning.
But grief is not the end OF all. l
seem to hear the funeral march become
a pecan. l see beyond the forest the
moving banners of a hidden column.
Our dead brothers still live for us, and
bid us think of life, not death-of life
to which in their youth they lent the
passion and glory Of the spring. %.
w Holmes, Jr.
| -Philanthropist-I am nearly dead.
I believe have tramped twenty miles
to-day and have had to run almost in
order to get through my labors before
night Citizen--I AN nearly dead,
too, and l feel as II I'd walked forty
miles; otterly tagged out, BY the way,
what have you been doing? II am
president of the Society Cor the Relief
of Unemployed but AbIe-bodied
Women. What have you been doing?"
II have been trying 70 hire q servant
girl"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Churches in the United States
grow in number at the rate Of ten .
day, IL is said.
The Vermont State Agricultural
college has ''winter class" for farm
ers, capital idea.
The Baptist ministers Of Brooklyn
have formed an organization for the
discussion of topics of general interest.
The ubiquitous small boy has be-
gun to lay his annual contribution OF
posies on the teachers desk, only to be
rewarded later in the season by having
his baseball and marbles conhscated- -
Portland advertiser.
AT meeting of the Woman's
Board of Missions, in Boston. the treas
urer. Miss Emma Carruth, reported
the receipts for the year at about $47,-
600, Of which 5000 are in legacies. -
CHRISTIAN onion.
1t is stated that OFT ud the 1000
inhabitants of the Samoan Islands.
1000 are church members, and 5000
are candidates for membership. There
are 200 native pastors.
One Of the earliest collections
for foreign missions to the heather
was made at Nottingham, Eng, when
els, or $65. was contributed. Last
year the Protestant churches of Europe
and America gave for this object no
less than $ll 900. 00o.--N ], Witness.
Boston school-board officials have
posted notices in all the school build
ing. of that city forbidding the chew
ing of tobacco by the pupils. They
have even posted the notice in the
girls high-school building, much to the
indignation of the young women.
The church of England official
Yearbook contains these statistics;
Communicates, l,lS1,9l5; Sunday
school scholars, 1,767, COG; baptisms--
infant, $50. 79i; adult, ~, 93S; incum-
bents, IS, s0S; revenues. f5,003. 935.
church building. RESERVATIONS, endow-
ment, parsonages. etc, fl.445, S39.--
Indianapolis Journal.
By the will of the late Oliver
Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn, Wesleyan
University receives 1925, 900 to increase
| the permanent endowment funds. This
completes long series OF gifts,
amounting to nearly 100000 which
Mr.. Hoyt has made to the University.
The total income of Oxford Uni
| versity last year was f6i, 299, against
f62, lo7 in 1885. A balance of f1,004
has been carried forward, as against
f3S3 last year. The University's in
come from its estates decreases, but
the increase of fees and dues more than
makes the loss good. Field and
Stockmdn.
"A correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing: Il was once building church
in village in Canada. The carpenter
had examined the plans-for pulpit,
| leeturn, choir stalls, etc, and altar.
He seemed puzzled, so | asked him
what was wanting. We'll, sir, he an
swered, this is all beautiful, but you've
left no room for the sofie. ~ Chicago
Lining Church.
The cost of administration of the
Methodist Missionary Society Is rela-
lively quite small. Out of every 800
contributed $95 goes TO the missions
direct; $2.74 to .'incidcntal expenses. =
that is, interest and annuities, expenses
of bishops in visiting missions, insur-
ance, exchange, ETC.; $1.35 to "ofiice
| expenses" that is, salaries, travelling
expenses, stationery, etc.. after deduct
ing amounts received from rentals OF
nlission-building; 81 cents to dissemi-
| natinO missionary information,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, sATURl
PHILOSOPHER pUNDER.
He Tells the Children a Highly Mora
and Instructive FAIRY story.

he Tells the children a Highly moral
and Instructive Fairy story.
II you shildren Will kheep shtill
some more go on nit my shtories. l
like to shpeak nit shildren. In a
leedle time you vhas all grown oop und
pecome men und vhomans, und us olt
folks vhas all in der graveyards. 1t
vhas peter dot you pegin all right
Now shildren. once upon a time dere
vhas poy who tells lies. He lies NIT
his mother und nit his fadder. II he
preaks some thing-if he loses some
thing-if he shteals sugar or shweet-
cake he doan' shtand up like Sheorge
Washington when he cut dot cherry
tree, but he lies aboudt her. l like
you to know dot der liar vhas more to
be despised as tief. und dot When he
vhas in trouble nopody feels badt for
him.
Well. dis poy. who vhas named
Shoseph. keeps on lying for II goodt
while. und he gets eafery pody aroundt
him into troubles. One day he goes
oudt to walk ply himself. und he finds Il
ring in der roadt. Ii vhas gold ring.
und vhas wort ten dollar Shoscph
puts him in his pocket und says he
Will sell him und puy a pistol. He
vhas going along When he meets a
leedle oldt womans who vhas crying
nit all her tears, und she wants to
know:
MY poy. vaas in great grief. In
coming along dis roadt lost gold
ring. 1t vhas come down to me from
my great grandmother, und il can't
find him 1 vhas all prokc oop. Maybe
you find him"
mo, doan' see him. says Shoseph,
und he doan' plush init shame.
you vhas sure?"
''Oh. yes. vhas sooch q goot poy
dotif find SOMEBODY'S ring gif him
oop right off qucck."
..Doan' you meet somepodyP' asks
der oldt wonans.
"Ah! Yes! 1t vhas poy like me. only
he hat on an oldt hat und vhas pare
foot ! see him shtoop down in der
roadt, und vhas sure he finds dot ring
Poor oldt womans, but how sorry l
vhas for your'
you sec, shildrens, dot vhas all d
lie. und Shoseph hat der ring all der
time, like | told you. He laughs, ha!
hal ha! to himself to pellet he vhas so
shmart, und he doan' care for dot oldt
woman's tears Do you pellet dot vhas
right? You shall see how he came
oudt.
$50 my ring vhas gone" screams der
oldt womans. "Vhell, / pillow oafer
my finger like dot. und l cross my
thums like dot, und l wish dot ring to
turn into serpent und bite der poy
who finds him und lies aboudt it,"
Shildren, dot vhas awful Shust as
quick as l drop my hat dot gold ring
vhas snake, und dot snake bite Sho-
seph all oafer his body! Der poy
slump und yell und call for his mother,
but it vhas no use. He vhas gone oop.
In leedle time he falls deadt, und der
poison shwells him oop until he vhas
almost too big for wagon. Dot vhas
his sadt end. He yhas buried in der
graveyard, und some time when you see
der sphot eater body Will tell you dot
liar vhas buried dere. Dot vhas all,
shildren. 1t vhas now time to go to
bedt, und l ask you to took notice dot
der poy who tells der truth vhas al
right.-DetroH Free Press,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
-Far,ner Spencer. of West Monroe.

Farmer Spencer, of West Monroe,
N. Y, has queer little calf. 1t is
six weeks old, and about half the size
of calf of its age. Its body is cover
ed with genuine black wool, similar to
that seen on lambs, while perhaps there
are half dozen spots of long silky
white hair. Its legs and feet resemble
those of calf, while its head and tail,
which are black, are those of sheep,
and it bleats like lamb. The mother
and father of this curiosity were both
bright red. and Mr.. Spencer has had
no sheep on the premises until within
few weeks ago. The mother refused to
own her offspring, and would have de-
stroyed it had It not been taken away.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
THE BLOW. ball.
An Object Lesson.

A dead fiowerf Nay,
Why do you call it dead!
Take II, and softly shake III
Where is it fed;
See the winged seeds float awayi
The daBdclion's golden star
Was perfect for day,
But its ghost, the feathery bowball
Holds the promise OF Life for aye.
Here and there and every where,
Floating through the sunlit air.
Each winged seed seeks out its nook
Near or far.
And next summer, when you look,
A hundred yellow dandeiions
The meadow lands will star;
And from each OF the hundred a hundred
more
VIII go on increasing, DER and DER.
The life OF the one with others will blend
Life after lire-life without end,
Lo, these things are parable.
Look close, read well.
Like the floating blow-ball seeds
Winged thoughts and winged deeds
Are waited from these lives of ours.
% so brief are our working hours9
Some are dropped in fruitful soil
Some are whistled down the wind;
Good or evil great or small,
Not one is left behind.
When Like the withcred stalks Of
flowers
Crumble into dust
CAS- things whose use is over must,)
These frail and WORKOUT forms Of ours,
To mix with the dust OF our brothers
Under the dandclion starred sod.
We live again in the lives of others,
We live again IN tho life OF God.
The life Of The one UiU cfters wiH 6tend
Life after Gfe, rcortd tcifhoM end
We are all OF us links OF an endless chain
Which starting from God returns again
A chain with no missing links
(Whatever your skeptic thinks).
I'm the Beginning was God,
Yea, when all cycles are trod
Rest sure, my soul, that Then
God shall be found at the end:
The life OF all worlds with His own doth
blend
Life without end,
Amen.
Alice w Brotherton, in NJ Y. Iniependent.